Page 9 - Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock – FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

On the trail of a mystery.....................................................................................194
Chapter 25 ............................................................................................................197
Indescribable cold, fire, earthquakes and derangement of the skies ...................199
A monster chased the sun..................................................................................201
Chapter 26 ............................................................................................................203
Cinderella’s slipper ............................................................................................205
Chapter 27 ............................................................................................................207
Alaska and Siberia: the sudden freeze ................................................................208
A thousand Krakatoas, all at once ......................................................................211
Global flooding ..................................................................................................212
A token of good faith .........................................................................................217
Part V ........................................................................................................................219
Chapter 28 ............................................................................................................222
The wild celestial dance .....................................................................................222
Recondite influences ..........................................................................................224
The wobble of a deformed planet.......................................................................226
A great secret of the past...................................................................................230
Chapter 29 ............................................................................................................232
When did the ancients first work out precession?................................................235
Chapter 30 ............................................................................................................240
At the mill with slaves ........................................................................................242
Openers of the way ............................................................................................246
Chapter 31 ............................................................................................................250
Computing the Great Return ..............................................................................251
Better than Hipparchus.......................................................................................252
Times of decay...................................................................................................253
Dogs, uncles and revenge ..................................................................................258
Scientists with something to say.........................................................................260
Chapter 32 ............................................................................................................262
A message in the bottle of time..........................................................................263
Mill of pain.........................................................................................................264
Part VI .......................................................................................................................267
Chapter 33 ............................................................................................................268
Inexplicable precision ........................................................................................269
Black hole in history...........................................................................................271
Ships in the desert .............................................................................................272
Chapter 34 ............................................................................................................274
Time and motion................................................................................................274
Rampant stupidity..............................................................................................276
The guardian and the vision ...............................................................................278
Under Egyptian skies..........................................................................................279
Thinking like giants ...........................................................................................281
Chapter 35 ............................................................................................................283
Trivializing the mystery......................................................................................284
The cupboard was bare ......................................................................................286
Bottlenecks in the well-shaft...............................................................................290
Not like other tombs ..........................................................................................291
A certain smell ... ...............................................................................................292
Overview............................................................................................................295
Chapter 36 ............................................................................................................297
A singular oppression ... ....................................................................................297
The moving finger writes and having writ it moves on ........................................300
Pandora’s Box ....................................................................................................303
Chapter 37 ............................................................................................................305
The Beacon ........................................................................................................305

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